The Supreme Court on July 27 declined a request by West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to urgently list on July 31 his petition challenging a Calcutta High Court order which allows the State police to register an FIR against him for making provocative remarks during the recently concluded panchayat elections.
A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the case was already scheduled for hearing on August 4. The court assured Mr. Adhikari’s lawyer, advocate Bansuri Swaraj, that the case would not be deleted from the list on that day.
In an oral mentioning on Thursday, Ms. Swaraj submitted that the July 20 order of the High Court, which was under challenge, contradicted earlier orders of the High Court providing protection to the Opposition leader from criminal cases.
